Bag-holder.



J. W. GREGORY.

'BAG HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27,1906.

Wit" wane:

PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907.

UNITED STATES Parana? ornion.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1,1907.

Application filed June 27,1906. Serial No. 323,624.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs W. GREGORY, a British subject, residing atMarilla, in the county of Erie, State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to holders, and more particularly tobag-holder's, and has for its object to provide a device of this kindwhich will be adjustable to suit different bags and which may bemanufactured at a low figure.

Other objects and advantages willbe apparent from the followingdescription, and it is to be understood that I do not desireto belimited to the exact details of construction shown and described, forobvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art. In thedrawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which likenumerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a view showing the bag-holder with a bag engaged therein.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder with the bag detached. Fig. 3is a detail section showing the arrangement of one of thestring-receiving pins. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the connectionof the twomembers.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises twomembers 5-and 6, each consisting of a bar having its forward end curvedto extend at right angles, as shown at 7, and having its rearward endbent abruptly downwardly at right angles to the bar and to the plane ofthe portion 7, as shown at 8. The two members 5 and 6 have their forwardportions 7 overlapped, and each portion is provided with a longitudinalseries of perforations 9. The extremity of the portions 7 of the member6 has a rearwardlyturned rounded finger 10 formed integral therewith,while thefportions 7 of the member 5 have aforwardly-turnedfinger 1 1 ofsimilar formation, and each of these fingers is engaged'in one of theperforations 9 of the other member as adapted for interchangeableengagement in the several perforations, so that the members 5 and 6 maybe moved toward and away from each other. A bar 12 is provided for eachmember and has its upper end portion turned at right angles, as shown at18, and disposed against the under surface of its member 5 or 6, the bar12 lying in spaced relation and forwardly of the downwardly' turnedportions 8 of the members, and a pair of longitudinally-spaced pins 14and 15 are engaged and frictionally held in each of the members and inthe portions 13 of their respective bars 12, these pins 14 and 15extending above the upper surface of the members 5 and 6, adjacent tothe rearward ends thereof, with the pins 14 forwardly of the pins 15.

In use a bag has its free edge portion engaged over'the members 5 and 6,with the rearward portion engaged over the pins 14, and the strings ofthe bag may be engaged with the pins 15, so that they may be easilyreached when wanted. It is to be understood that the portions 8 and thebars 12 are engaged at opposite sides of a suitable support, and a bolt16 may be engaged in an alining pair of the perforations 9 to preventseparation of the members. It will be observed that the main portions ofthe members 5 and 6 lie in parallel relation and that they may beadjusted toward and away from each other.

What is claimed is- 1. A bag-holder comprising parallel members havingtheir forward portions turned inwardly and overlapped, said overlappedportions being connected for longitudinal adjustment with respect toeach other, the rearward ends of said members being turned downwardly atright angles, bars disposed in parallel spaced relation to thedownwardly turned portions of the members and having upper end portionsresting againstthe under surface of the members, and a pair oflongitudinally-spaced pins engaged in each member and in the upperportion of each bar, to hold the bars of the members, said pinsextending above the members, as shown.

2. A bag-holder comprising two members disposed in parallel relation andhaving their rearward'ends turned downwardly, bars located forwardly ofthe downwardly-turned portions and in parallel spaced relation thereto,upwardly-extending longitudinally-spaced pins engaged in the membersand in the bars, to hold the bars in position, said members having theirforward end portions turned inwardl y and overlapped and provided withlongitudinal series of perforations, the outer extremities of theoverlapped portions being In testimony whereof I aflix my signature inpresence of two Witnesses.

JAMES W. GREGORY.

Witnesses J. F. RAsoH, CHARLES BROWN.

